Azure Cobalt 100-based Virtual Machines are now generally available

By Dustin Ward

Today we are announcing the general availability of the new Azure Cobalt 100-based Virtual Machines (VMs). These VMs run on Microsoft’s first 64-bit Arm-based Azure Cobalt 100 CPU, which has been fully designed in-house. They represent a significant milestone in our journey in designing and building out our cloud infrastructure, with optimization and customization across…

Microsoft launches latest Azure virtual machines optimized for AI supercomputing, the ND H200 v5 series 

By Dustin Ward

The need for scalable and high-performance infrastructure continues to grow exponentially as the AI landscape advances. Our customers rely on Azure AI infrastructure to develop innovative AI-driven solutions, which is why we are delivering new cloud-based AI-supercomputing clusters built with Azure ND H200 v5 series virtual machines (VMs) today. These VMs are now generally available…

Advancing cloud platform operations and reliability with optimization algorithms

By Dustin Ward

“In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, we see a growing number of services and environments (in which those services run) our customers utilize on Azure. Ensuring the performance and security of Azure means our teams are vigilant about regular maintenance and updates to keep pace with customer needs. Stability, reliability, and rolling timely updates remain…

Latest advancements in Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Azure Managed Disks

By Dustin Ward

We are excited to share the latest advancements in Premium SSD v2 (Pv2) and Ultra disks, the next generation of Azure disk storage. We have enhanced the backup and disaster recovery experience for Pv2 and Ultra disks to help you protect your workloads with ease. In addition, we have improved the security measures for Virtual…